Endless pleasure-railway.



A. STOTT.

ENDLESS PLEASURE RAILWAY.

APPLICATION FILED 11017.19, 1910.

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ARTHUR STOTT, OF LEIGH, ENGLAND.

ENDLESS PLEASURE-RAILWAY.

Application filed November 19, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

Serial No. 593,155.

To all whom it may concern' Be it known that I, ARTHUR S'ro'rT, asubject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 716 Leighroad, Leigh, county of Lancaster, England, insurance superintendent,have invented Improvements in Endless Pleasure-Railways, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of pleasurerailways in which rails are fitted in the interior of a cylinder andcars placed thereon, which when the cylinder is revolved the cars arecaused to run on the base of the cylinder only.

The object of this my said invention is to give the impression topassengers that they are racing on an uneven track.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side view and Fig. 2 asectional plan of my invention, Figs. 8 and 4: are like views showing amodification of the same invention. In these views the same lettersrefer to like parts.

For the purpose of my invention I employ a wheel or cylindrical body asupported at, and free to revolve about its center. To the innerperiphery of this wheel or cylindrical body I bolt or otherwise firmlysecure rails b to form three or other preferred number of concentrictracks, thus providing tracks of infinite length.

I arrange the arms a of the wheel or cylindrical body a on the outeredges of the rim, thereby leaving the whole of the inner periphery freefrom obstruction: or the arms may be arranged between the tracks,leaving the tracks free from all obstruction. I construct said tracks soas to obtain a switch back motion, preferably arranged at differentplaces on each track: I may also form the tracks with irregular raisedportions as c, and scenic effects and tunnels may also be arrangedthrough which the cars would appear to travel: I place one car on eachtrack: said cars are mounted on bogies having wheels attached thereto,which are arranged so that the cars are free to run along the rails, butare prevented leaving the rails.

The sides of the wheel or cylindrical body can be closed in, butprovided with doors arranged at intervals for the admittance ofpassengers to and from the cars, which are usually situated near thebottom of the.

wheel or cylindrical body.

On the outside of each pair of rails and following the curves of therails, I provide steps or cross pieces in such a manner that passengerswill be able to reach the cars, if owing to the humps or raisedportions, the cars do not happen to be just at the bottom of the wheelor cylindrical body when said wheel. is at rest, or if owing to thewheel or cylindrical body being closed in, the doors for admittance donot happen to be just opposite the cars. On the outer edge of each trackthus formed, I provide handrails to assist the passengers to reach thecars in safety; the two outer handrails having openings at intervals,while the inner handrails are provided with openings Where the tracksrun along side of or pass each other.

The wheel may be revolved by means of gearing -or other equivalent. Whenthe wheel or cylindrical body is revolved in the direction indicated bythe arrow (Fig. 1) the passengers in the cars have the impression thatthey are traveling in the opposite direction to that of the wheel orcylindrical body, while the humps c and raised portions of the trackcarry the cars up a portion of the wheel, then by their own weight theyfall back into their former position viz :to the bottom of the Wheel orcylindrical body. As the humps and raised portions are situated atdifferent places on each track, the cars will not always be in the sameposition, and a greater sensation is thus provided, owing to the carshaving the appearance of racing.

In the modification of my invention shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the cylindera is mounted on a frame formed of two angle iron rings at, one on eachside of the cylinder and supported on brackets as c, said angle ironrings being braced together diagonally as g, thereby forming a strongsteady frame: friction between the cylinder and the angle iron frame.which supports the cylinder is avoided by placing balls j around betweenthe rings 01 and the periphery of the cylinder, by which the cylindercan be revolved with small power at a high rate of speed by a belt as 70or an equivalent: the interior of the cylinder and the arrangement ofthe tracks and the cars" are the same as herein previously describedwith reference to Figs. 1 and 2.

I do not limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement of theparts as of each track being so arranged as not to register with thecorresponding irregular portions of an adjoining track, substantially asand for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ARTHUR STOTT.

shown and described, as the same may be varied without departing fromthe nature of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is The combination in an endless pleasurerailway, of a frame, a cylinder mounted on said frame, means forrevolving said cylinder, and endless irregular parallel tracks 7 withinsaid cylinder, each irregular portion Witnesses THos. PRESCOTT, HAROLDWALKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

